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Skype for Business, Use the side-by-side view

On this page, you can learn how to view Skype for Business on the same screen as the other programs running on your computer or mobile device.

If you want to work in Skype for Business (Lync) and other
programs at the same time, you can run Skype for Business (Lync) side by
side the other programs, by doing one of the following:

Swipe in from the top of the screen and curving either to the right or the left.

-OR-

If you’re using a mouse, move the pointer to the top of
the screen where it will change to a hand. Click and drag the mouse
down to shrink the Skype for Business (Lync) window, and then drag the
resized window either to the right or the left of the screen.

A smaller size of the Skype for Business (Lync) window
snaps to the side you choose, but you are no longer limited to the old
320 pixel size. Depending on your screen resolution, you can have up to
four windows and resize them by selecting and dragging the bar in the
middle of the windows.

In the side-by-side view, you can do the following.

To

Do

Start and resume an IM, audio, or video conversation.

In the snapped view Contacts list (if you’re not there, in the snapped view, select the back arrow, and then select Contacts),
select the contact you want to start or resume a conversation with, and
then select the appropriate icon: IM, audio call, or video call.

View details about your contacts

In the snapped view Contacts list (if you’re not there, in the snapped view, select the back arrow, and then select Contacts),
you’ll see your contacts and their presence information. To open their
contact card, select a contact, and then select the contact card icon .

Manage your Contacts list

In the snapped view Contacts list (if you’re not there, in the snapped view, select the back arrow, and then select Contacts),
select the contact you want to move to a new group or remove from your
list, select the contact card icon, select the three dots , and then select your option.

Use the dial pad

In the snapped view, swipe from the top or bottom or right-click, and then select the Dial pad icon on the bottom of the screen.

You can access other Skype for Business (Lync)
features—conversation history, voice mail, and meetings—from the snapped
view home screen, but when you do, the snapped view will “unsnap,” that
is, you’ll return to the full-size Skype for Business (Lync) screen.
Other tasks, including searching for contacts and having conversations
with more than one person, you can do only from the full-size Skype for
Business (Lync) screen.

To return to the full-size Skype for Business (Lync)
screen, from the snapped view, just slide or drag the snapped view
sidebar across the screen.